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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1888
Page
1
Fraley Street Kane Pa lists Attorney at law price on Fraley Street and business names. It notes a hotel and restaurant run by Archange Motell and Gillis Drug Store nearby. A physician offers general medical and surgical care to ladies and children at residence and McGowan Drug Store. Rooms at 2.00 and 22.00 per day with a boarding stable for horse travelers.
The New York Sun notes that Japan is opening new industrial fields by adopting foreign arts, developing iron mines, and expanding shipbuilding. It highlights a shift to western ship models, steam-powered routes to China, and their remaining reliance on traditional handwork that limits output and price advantages.
A fragment evokes living swarms of snowflakes emerging from misty chambers and falling like hail. Delicate snow stars drift from clouds in airy play, brightening the night like Milky Way spangles.
Edward Atkinson of Boston reports via circulars to tailors clothing makers and underclothes producers that men in the United States are getting taller decade by decade. He cites diet as a possible factor but notes many social incentives push height growth, from military and naval academy eligibility to police requirements and theater viewing obstructions. The piece mocks tall-aspirations with examples like rooftop bonnets and streetcar seating, comparing elongation to iron being drawn in heat and a hammer strike.
A 19th century expedition uses three cameras and eight Bedouins inside a sealed chamber to photograph the tomb coffer. Magnesium flame fills the dark room as workers fight fumes and fear, finally yielding three pictures of the coffer under brutal glare.
A Philadelphia caller recalls a Sunday scene on North Broad Street where three mongrel dogs trotted in a carriage with a family. The dogs wore knapsack-like covers branded with a cigar maker’s name, appearing to advertise the product, though the observer called it a poor method.
A writer notes three sudden windfalls this week and asks what people do with sudden wealth. He argues that very poor sudden fortunes are spent quickly, while previously comfortable individuals face more complex temptations and advice as they ascend to new wealth.
A New York Tribune remark highlights the city’s street equipment consisting of lamp posts, jewelers’ posts with clocks, fire department poles, telegraph poles, electric light poles, barber poles, and police signal poles. The joke declares the North pole is missing to complete the array, leaving the average New Yorker unsatisfied.
A foreman from a leading firm laments cynicism after years in jewelry. He recalls a habit where bracelets are riveted so they cannot be slipped off and a secret spring lets the wearer undo the bond. The note reveals the wearer’s reluctant pleasure in discovering the mechanism, highlighting hypocrisy and hollow sentiment.
Sartoris recounts asking Gen. Grant for Nellie’s hand at the White House dinner. The president silent after a cigar in the billiard room, then Sartoris declared his intent to marry the general’s daughter, a daring moment recollected amid 19th century awe.
A Texan cowboy rides a bucking bull with legs tied around its neck during Paso del Norte bullfights. After lassoing and throwing the bull, the rider maintained his grip, aided by the Mexican bullfighters, and released unharmed as the crowd cheered wildly at the daring feat reported by the Globe-Democrat correspondent.
The piece extols a grand lighthouse network as a symbol of spirit and liberality benefiting humanity, noting it reflects broad guardrails beyond Japan’s interests and praising home navigators. It lauds the mint for its artistry, telegraphs, multilingual postal workers, and a post office turning a profit, highlighting Atlantic observers.
The passage surveys the shah magnate's self view and the array of titles and honorifics used for him. It notes common forms like Kaeblehatim and Kurban Shalwem, and explains that direct address is rare, with thou used only when unavoidable, while French diplomats use votre majeste translated into Persian phrases.
A Cincinnati Commercial Gazette correspondent details the amma, a blind Japanese masseuse who kneads the whole body rather than just the head. He notes three years of apprenticeship, earnings of about twenty four cents nightly, and a four hour session treating four patients with techniques from abdomen to feet, concluding the practice may endure while traditional Chinese healing wanes as Tokio University graduates gain influence.
Wade's libre contemplates the value of hobbies for individuals and communities. It contrasts the contentment of hobbyists with business success, noting the social and personal rewards of pigeon lofts, bird skins, eggs, bugs, and beetles. It implies a life aligned with home and nature offers profound satisfaction beyond elite clubs.
A western genius proposes an invention named the anti-railroad collioner. It features a train of cars carrying a railroad track that passes over and drops to connect with the main line, so when two trains meet or a train is rear ended it passes over safely, in effect a bridge over or through the collision point. The concept is described in the New York Press.
Mr. Rider Haggard answers what are the best three books after the Bible for a young man. He recommends Shakespeare Don Quixote and The Pilgrim's Progress. Professor Elmslie selects Esona Fables Livy and Romola as his choices.
Frederic Schwatka describes Alaskan and British Columbian totem poles as genealogical records. Poles in front of wooden houses depict clan symbols and female lineage, with carvings forming a vertical narrative from ancestors to present.
A St. Petersburg correspondent observes Russian wheat has long slender heads and smaller yields than American grain. The windmill threshing method is common, labor is cheap, and landlords resist modern implements to keep workers employed. Russia will not match U S wheat exports until serfdom ends and farms modernize.
A Chicago restaurant proprietor near major mercantile houses explains his business hinges on Friday and Saturday cashflow. He notes clerks are paid Saturday night, start week with funds, spend early in high priced spots, then retrench by Thursday and Friday, and finally visit his cheaper eatery by Saturday noon. He adds patrons prefer modest meals to debt or theft to keep up appearances.
The text warns that precocious children are seen as undesirable and potentially linked to inheritance and health risks. It notes physiologists and family physicians view precocity with suspicion and fear tubercular meningitis or other childhood illnesses. Nurses fear such children may not fit this world.
The New York market relies on venison from the Adirondacks and Busquebann rances with additional carcasses from New Hampshire New Jersey and Virginia. When choosing venison for the table avoid old buck carcasses and favor yearling or young doe for better flavor and tenderness.
The venerable John G. Whittier is referenced with lingering fondness in relation to Quaker values and American literary heritage. The fragment mentions reverence for Whittier and his place in reformist poetry and moral thought.
The New York waterfront shelters a known class of crooks called wharf rats led by Buckshot Taylor. They plan, dive from ships, and launder loot by tying plunder to rafters with wire rope, then sell it off. They steal bars, rope, and sugar, living off dockside thefts and liquor, with few caught by police.
A witty observation about a young man with a box cased gold watch. He carries it in a cheap leather pouch and checks the time about every ten minutes. After weeks, the pouch is discarded and he likely never opens the watch twice daily.
A Brazilian mineman who recently returned from the mont districts asserts reports of exhaustion are fabrications to sway the market. He claims he could buy the mines for about $1,009,000.
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